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The Art of Designing A Family Pool
Design advice to create a safe & sophisticated pool.
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Well Served: Perla Servan-Schreiber
Perla Servan-Schreiberâs life has been a testament to the healing power of food â the sense of comfort and abundance that a well-cooked meal brings to both body and soul. âYou feel like youâre rich because of whatâs on your plate, and being at the table,â she once told writer Garance DorĂŠ. In a year marked by loss (Servan-Schreiber lost her husband, Jean-Louis, to COVID-19 in late 2020) and with many of us focused on cooking healthier foods for our families at home, her new cookbook, âEnjoy: Recipes for Memorable Gatheringsâ (Rizzoli, $29.95), is more relevant than ever. âWith lockdowns came the explosion of âhomemadeâ everything â the perfect remedy Read more...
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New Bath Brings Japanese Well-Being Home
A bath can be relaxing, restorative, rejuvenating. The ancient Egyptians created an elaborate bathing routine tied to beauty rituals. In ancient Japan, baths were treated not just as a physical cleansing mechanism, but also as a means to spiritual cleansing. The practice of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, has further enhanced the Japanese bathing experience. Introduced in the country in the 1980s, shinrin-yoku is said to be have numerous health benefits. Studies and field experiments reported in the National Library of Medicine show therapeutic benefits including a reduction in blood pressure, pulse rate, and the stress hormone, cortisol. You donât have to travel overseas to one of the many accredited shinrin-yoku Read more...
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Dinner in a Dome
Restaurants looking to survive during COVID-19 have had to be especially creative, not with their eats, but with their seats. With restrictionsâor outright bansâon indoor dining in many places, restaurateurs have turned to the great outdoors to serve diners. Numerous eateries across the country built out or refurbished their outdoor space in warm-weather months, expanding into closed streets and creating patios in parking lots to increase capacity while adhering to social distancing rules. But how do you fight a pandemic and mother nature at the same time? Once temperatures dipped, dining spots started outfitting their patios with windscreens, adding firepits and heaters, and fashioning plastic-bubble-type structures for private outdoor dining. Read more...
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Health Protection Goes High-Tech With New HEPA Helmet
Want to protect yourself while traveling but not a fan of masks that obscure your face? Try a helmet on for size. The new AIR from MicroClimate⢠by Hall Labs is wearable technology thatâs part motorcycle chic, part space cowboy, with a clear dome that gets your face out of hiding. The productâs HEPA filtration system can âfilter 99.97% of particles up to .03 microns coming both in and out of the AIR, keeping you and those around you safe,â says MicroClimate. âAIR is a full-faced super mask, designed for safe and comfortable air travel,â Michael Hall, founder of Provo, UT-based tech incubator Hall Labs, tells us. âAIR has an Read more...
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The Most Luxurious Holiday Gifts of 2020
The Neiman Marcus annual Christmas Book of fantasy gifts has always held a sense of extravagance (emphasis on the word, fantasy). However, this year is unlike any other. The pandemic has brought a unique set of circumstances that have challenged us all. On the one hand, 2020 doesnât seem like the year to be letting our imaginations run wild with over-the-top gifts. On the other hand, couldnât we all use a dose of dreamy escapism and a reminder of âwhat brings us joy, what touches our hearts or what makes us smileâ? The luxury Dallas-based retailerâs 2020 curated list of holiday gifts dares us to think differently about this holiday Read more...
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